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21 Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don’t save it for a special occasion. Today is very special. 22 Just because you believe you are right, doesn’t mean you are. Keep an open mind. 23 Be eccentric now. Don’t wait for old age to wear purple. 24 The most important sex organ is the brain. 25 No one is in charge of your happiness but you. 26 Frame every so-called disaster with these words: ‘In five years, will this matter? 27 Always choose life 28 Forgive everyone everything. 29 What other people think of you in none of your business. 30 Time heals almost everything. Give time time. 31 However good or bad a situation is, it will change. 32 Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does. 33 Believe in miracles. 34 Your job is to love your children, not choose who they should love. 35 Don’t audit life. Show up and make the most of it now. 36 Growing old beats the alternative – dying young. 37 Your children get only one childhood. 38 All that matters in the end is that you loved. 39 Get out every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere. 40 If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back 41 Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need. 42 The best is yet to come…(Can’t wait to find out what!) 43 No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up. 44 Yield 45 Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift BW (This was sent to me by our friend, Mary Jones, many years ago). StOM Page 21